How I Survived a Year in ‘The Hole’ Without Losing My Mind

Re:How I Survived a Year in ‘The Hole’ Without Losing My Mind by hackeraccount on Sunday October 30, 2022 @01:50PM (#33396779)

I'd like a US criminal justice system that got this part - my hand hurts when I touch a hot stove - right. Instead what happens is that you touch the hot stove 20 times to no effect and on time 21 your hand is burned to a crisp.

Worse still it's burned to a crisp the day after you touch the stove. Is my hand a blackened stump because of the stove? Maybe? Who can say for sure.

My ideal would be that when you commit a crime the justice system finds you guilty or innocent extremely quickly and if prison time is the punishment you get in prison quickly, get out quickly and once done with that the slate is clean. I honestly think that would be more of a deterrent then the status quo.

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Re:How I Survived a Year in ‘The Hole’ Without Losing My Mind by josephcsible on Sunday October 30, 2022 @04:54PM (#33398559)

> once done with that the slate is clean

I don't agree with this part. If someone was convicted of embezzlement on three separate occasions, and served a year in jail each time, would that be someone you'd be willing to hire as your accountant?

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